Missing Seattle, Wash. man may be headed for area

The family of a missing 79-year-old Washington man with dementia who may be headed south to Ukiah is asking for help finding him after he went missing from an assisted living facility in late September, according to the Seattle Police Department.

"He had been talking for a couple of months about wanting to move back to his house in Ukiah, which has been sold for a year, year and a half," said SPD detective David Ogard.

Sherman Davis went missing Sept. 25, according to his family, when Ogard said he was "last seen at dinner," then his daughter got a text alert that his account had been used in Cottage Grove, Ore., and in Oakland, Ore.

Davis was last seen at the K&R Drive Inn in Oakland, Ore. at 1 p.m. Sept. 25, according to his family. He was headed south on Interstate 5 toward Mendocino County, driving a 2003 Honda Odyssey minivan with the Washington license plate AEX0052.

Davis is described as a 6-foot tall Caucasian man weighing 185 pounds with gray hair.

His daughters, Beth Lang and Cindy Davis, are traveling from Eugene, Ore. to California trying to retrace their father's steps, according to a statement from the family.

"Lang and Davis believe their father was trying to go back to his hometown in Ukiah, California," according to the statement. Ogard said Thursday that it is also possible that Sherman Davis strayed from his original course.

Anyone with information about Sherman Davis' whereabouts is urged to call 9-1-1, or to call SPD detective Ogard directly at (206) 684-5007.